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Risk, safeguarding and personal budgets: exploring relationships and identifying good
practice
Martin Stevens, John Woolham, Kate Baxter, Jill Manthorpe and
Shereen Hussein
Background• Safeguarding and
personalisation have both come to dominate social care practice
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/15/world-social-work-day-personalised-care
Background• Concerns raised about
link between personalisation and increased risk of abuse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/18/direct-payment-fraud-murder-neglect?intcmp=239
Background• However little evidence
about the existence, extent and nature of the perceived risk and how it might link with personalisation
http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2010/jun/jennyfer-spencer-we-need-answers
Aims • To investigate the
consequences for practice, and the outcomes for service users and carers, of PBs, particularly in the form of Direct Payments in respect of safeguarding
http://www.guardian.co.uk/housing-network/2011/oct/27/cuts-to-supporting-people-budgets
Objectives, to investigate:• Any evidence that abuse (including
neglect) is more or less likely (or has a different form) amongst PB holders than non-PB holders,
• The extent of awareness and understanding amongst safeguarding practitioners and care coordinators (or similar) in local authorities
• The extent, availability and quality of support offered to PB (in particular DP) users or their proxy budget holders.
• What practitioners, budget holders and their carers consider ‘best practice’ in minimising risks of abuse.
Methods• Analysis of Annual
Safeguarding Reports• Secondary analysis of
national data (– Abuse of Vulnerable Adults
(AVA) returns– Surveys of progress on PBs– Local data
• Interviews with– Budget holders and proxy
budget holders– Safeguarding coordinators
and team members– Elected members and senior
managers
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/01/11/2010/115675/personal-budgets-pose-financial-risk-for-councils.htm
Research issues • Identifying sites
(avoiding over research)• Impact of press reports• Increasing pressure on
local authorities to roll out Personal Budgets, especially as Direct Payments
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2010/nov/17/personal-budgets-risk-transfer
Practice development issuesAims to draw out practice
implications for:• Support planning • Monitoring and review
(especially financial)• Developing good support
for people using Personal Budgets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/18/social-care-fraud-personal-budgets
Thank youContacts:• *Martin Stevens – martin.stevens@kcl.ac.uk• #John Woolham – john.woolham@coventry.ac.uk • ^Kate Baxter - kb515@york.ac.uk • *Jill Manthorpe jill.manthorpe@kcl.ac.uk • *Shereen Hussein – shereen.hussein@kcl.ac.uk
*Social Care Workforce Research Unit#Coventry university^Social Policy Research Unit